Nyū

Nyū lies in western Echizen, where pottery has long been made in the hills around Ota and Miyazaki. Kilns were active here from the late twelfth century. By the later Muromachi period, large kilns at Byōdō could fire great numbers of jars and grinding bowls at once. In the Edo period the local ware was known by names such as Ota ware; an account of 1804 praised the strength of jars made from the shrine's clay.